When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Acting
Eileen Essell's diabolical sweetness steals everything
Direction
DeVito leans into mean-spirited farce with glee
Writing
Larry Doyle's script hates everyone equally
Director
Danny DeVito
Ben Stiller
Alex Rose
Drew Barrymore
Nancy Kendricks
Eileen Essell
Mrs. Connelly
Harvey Fierstein
Kenneth
Justin Theroux
Coop
James Remar
Chick
Robert Wisdom
Officer Dan
Swoosie Kurtz
Jean
Wallace Shawn
Herman
Maya Rudolph
Tara
Amber Valletta
Celine
Cheryl Bartel
Ginger
Tim Maculan
Terrence
Jackie Sandler
Bartender
Evgeniy Lazarev
Mr. Dzerzhinsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eileen Essell was 82 during filming and had never done a major film before; she was primarily a stage actress who stole her only big-screen chance.
This bombed in 2003 but predicted the 2020s housing crisis discourse—millennials trapped by boomer property owners feels way darker now.
US
